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Monday, January 2, 2017

Two paying markets, two good writing contests and Shotgun Honey

Established in 2011, Shotgun
Honey came onto the scene to provide
crime fiction lovers a regular diet of flash fiction. Living by the simple
tenet of keeping it lean and mean, Honey
has published 700+ stories from 360+ authors from around the world since that
very first story onApril 6th,
2011.

Under the imprint,One Eye Press, Shotgun
Honey has continued to champion short form storytelling with a catalog of
anthologies and novellas geared to entertain readers in a single sitting.

Honey publishes
2–3 new crime stories of 700 words or less every week. Full submission
guidelines here.

Author Amy Stuart will be one of
the judges for the Writers' Union
short prose competition

The Writers' Union of Canada’s
24th Annual Short Prose Competition for
Emerging WritersThe winning entry will be the best Canadian work of up to
2,500 words in the English language, fiction or nonfiction, written by an
author who has published no more than one book (traditionally or
self-published_.

Prize: $2,500
for the winning entry, and winner and finalists will be submitted to three Entry fee: $29

Upstreetliterary magazine invites submissions of fiction
and creative nonfiction for its thirteenth issue. Pieces must be 5,000 words or
less. Pays $50 to $250. Each author
will also receive one complimentary copy, and may purchase more copies at a
reduced rate.

Agni online literary
journal (an extension of the Agni print
journal). “We see literature and
the arts as part of a broad, ongoing cultural conversation that every society
needs to remain vibrant and alive. We look for the honest voice, the
idiosyncratic signature, experimental where necessary but not willfully so.
Writing that grows from a vision, a perspective, and a passion will interest
us, regardless of structure or approach.”

Pays $10 per page for prose and $20 per page for
poetry, with a $150 maximum.

Navigating tip: For more paying markets, go to the Labels for this posting listed below and
click on Paying Markets. In the list of Labels, you’ll
also find a link to all postings for both Markets for short pieces and Writing
contests and various other labels.

Brian Henry has been a book editor, writer, and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He teaches creative writing at Ryerson University. He also leads weekly creative writing courses in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Georgetown and conducts Saturday workshops throughout Ontario. His proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get published.